Pro-opiomelanocortin gene and melanin-based colour polymorphism in a reptile

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 160-168

  Ducrest, Anne Lyse ^a   Ursenbacher, Sylvain ^b   Golay, Philippe ^a   Monney, Jean Claude ^c   Mebert, Konrad ^d   Roulin, Alexandre ^a   Dubey, Sylvain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c KARCH Switzerland   (Switzerland)

^d Siebeneichenstrasse 31 ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Mc1r; Melanocortin 1 receptor gene; Melanogenesis; POMC; Snake; Vipera aspis

Indexed keywords

COLOR; CORRELATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HORMONE; MELANIN; MUTATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPTILE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA; VIPERA; VIPERA ASPIS; VIPERIDAE; VIPERINAE;

EID: 84890426207     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12182     Document Type: Article

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